COCOA
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Crime Africa
Driver smuggling cocoa with vehicle of Anlo Traditional Council busted
The Police have arrested a driver for attempting to smuggle a large quantity of cocoa beans to neighbouring Togo. Abraham…
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Agriculture
Cocoa price falls 30% over market liquidity fears
After hitting a major comparative peak last month, cocoa prices that were trading at around $12,000 on Futures commodities markets…
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Agriculture
Global cocoa price surge affecting local chocolate companies’ supply chain
The recent surge in global cocoa prices, caused by a supply shortage, is impacting local chocolate companies throughout the supply…
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Agriculture
Two arrested for smuggling 253 bags of cocoa beans
The Bekwai Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested two individuals for attempting to smuggle 253 bags of cocoa beans,…
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Agriculture
Cocoa producer price up 58%
The producer price of cocoa has been increased by 58.26 percent from GH¢20,928 per tonne to GH¢33,120.00 per tonne for…
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Agriculture
Ivory Coast raise cocoa farmgate price by 50%
Ivory Coast’s president, Alasaane Ouattara, will increase the official cocoa farmgate price to 1,500 CFA francs, an equivalent of $2.47…
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Market
Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa’s cocoa crisis deepens
The world’s undisputed cocoa powerhouses, accounting for more than 60 percent of global supply, Ghana and its West African neighbour…
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Agriculture
3,000 bags of smuggled cocoa were intercepted in March – COCOBOD
The Ghana COCOBOD has said it is stepping up efforts to combat cocoa smuggling in the country, which saw a…
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Agriculture
Cocoa breaks US$10,000 record, with pricier chocolate to follow
Cocoa futures surged above an unprecedented US$10,000 a ton, extending a historic rally that’s already seen prices double this year…
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Agriculture
Ivory Coast sets 2023/24 cocoa farmgate price at 1,000 FCFA
Ivory Coast has increased its cocoa farmgate price by 11.1% from 900FCFA to 1,000FCFA ($1.62) per kilogram for the 2023/24…
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